Example sentences of "'d [been] [verb] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | Only to wish that I 'd been born a boy . ’ |
| 2 | If he 'd been born an American he 'd have been high up in the CIA — and still informing Moscow … ’ |
| 3 | Though he did n't view the prospect with any sort of enthusiasm ( he 'd been sent a script , but had n't bothered to read it ) he knew that activity of some sort , something he had to do , was always better than nothing . |
| 4 | He 'd been lent an old relegated rod with two mottled bamboo sections and a greenheart tip , a plastic centre-pin reel and a yellowed quill float . |
| 5 | I 'd been made a lance-corporal just before we left and had been put in charge of a group of boys . |
| 6 | I had n't been thinking of stress or shock , I 'd been nursing a hangover . |
| 7 | Kenneth came across it while returning from a far-flung artist 's studio where he 'd been to purchase a John Miller watercolour for my birthday . |
| 8 | ‘ He 'd been called a wop and I was called a coon . |
| 9 | I 'd been taking a bucket of slack to the washhouse where all the women were gathered gossiping . |
| 10 | She guessed that Mike Booker would be calling curses down on her head because he 'd been hoping a one-two win at Estoril would clinch the constructors ' championship for Carlisle Flint , quite apart from putting Ace into an unbeatable lead . |
| 11 | So I do n't You know whilst I would have normally if I 'd been teaching a class done about five or six examples of that , that 's all you 're gon na get . |
| 12 | They 'd been sharing a cell for the last two years . |
| 13 | Dot wished she 'd been given a bed nearer one of the windows so she could see out , or at least by the door . |
| 14 | He 'd been given a meeting place he knew of . |
| 15 | I 'd been given a pair of lime green webbed gloves as a wedding present by Roger , my surfing guru in Newquay . |
| 16 | A bandage round his head , a cup of tea in his blunt hands , he looked like the only survivor of some great catastrophe , and Nathan could understand exactly why he 'd been able to move India-May to tears and why he 'd been given a room on the first floor , one of the large ones , for nothing . |
| 17 | co-ordinates up , erm , you know , I have n't yet had contact from er no , I thought I 'd been given a new name , but , no I have n't had con any contact from my new co-ordinator yet , erm , but that was n't in my mind when I spoke on Thursday about Christmas , perhaps I ought to pursue that one in time for the next meeting and see what 's happening in South Africa and are getting it in South America for . |
| 18 | Some might say that you 'd been given a job and failed to do it . |
| 19 | She 'd been given a rail warrant to Lowestoft , where the RTO had handed her over to the navy . |
| 20 | He 'd been given a position in prison administration in Paris , and Sylvia thought he might be of help to her in finding Madeleine and Jeanne . |
| 21 | I do n't think I could have handled it if I 'd been given a sentence . |
| 22 | I 'd been given a date for the baby to arrive but that came and went , but then I woke up in the early hours of the following Friday . |
| 23 | So he made a couple of phone calls to Osnabrück-he found he 'd been given a room with an Engineer regiment-then sipped a lager until train time . |
| 24 | So if you 'd been given a free choice , you would n't have given your sweets to your brother , would you ? |
| 25 | It was as if she 'd been given a glimpse of paradise , and then had it barred to her forever . |
| 26 | I 'd been given a hint that something like this could be on the cards when I was first approached . ’ |
| 27 | But , on getting her act together later the next day , Laura had been appalled to discover that not only had Ross already left for Australia — but she 'd been given a small attic room next to the children 's nursery . |
| 28 | Without consulting her it began to move faster , inciting her lover to a rhythm which he responded to triumphantly , accelerating in time with their heartbeats , taking her with him towards the culmination she 'd been given a foretaste of , which paled in comparison to the flooding rapture which overtook her seconds before Penry gasped , stiffened , then crushed her in his arms as their breathing slowed in the shared diminuendo of the aftermath . |
| 29 | If she 'd been given a test she could have been treated . |
| 30 | But I sat in yesterday afternoon and I felt sorry for the man 's daughter who 'd been given a hymn the service . |